James Putzel

Professor of Development Studies, Department of International Development
London School of Economics and Political Science

BA; MA, McGill University; DPhil, University of Oxford. Currently Professor of Development Studies and Coordinator, Crisis State Research Network, Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. Research interests: agrarian reform, industrialization, political economy of development in South-East Asia, politics and governance in crisis states, understanding fragile states in Africa and in Asia, including Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, Afghanistan and Philippines.